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VA Home Cited For Violations

By Dan Craft

Posted: December 11, 2011 at 5:56 a.m.

Andy Shupe
 Nadine Huddleston, administrator of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Fayetteville Veterans Home, gives a tour of the facility Thursday. Huddleston said she’s confident the home has addressed all the violations found earlier this year during inspections and will receive a good report when the home is inspected again early next year.

Veterans got cold food, improper medicines and lacked sanitary care at the Fayetteville Veterans Home, according to a series of inspections by state regulators.

AT A GLANCE

Top Violations

The top 10 types of violations of health care laws in Arkansas nursing homes:

• Accidents

• Bedsores

• Infection control

• Quality of care

• Medication error rates above 5 percent

• Food storage, prep and serving

• Significant medical errors

• Services by qualified staff

• Necessary services given to patients

• Urinary incontinence

Source: Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

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